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Newspaper Page Text504* Homer, Banks County, GA 30547 • A Publication of MainStreet Newspapers, Inc. • 24 Pages, 2 Sections Plus Supplements • Vol. 48 No. 27 Index •Crime •Obituaries •Classifieds •Legals •Sports — 6A — 6B — 8B-9B — IB - IB-3B, I2B Plane totaled after driving off runway A Cessna 172 aircraft ran off the side of the runway and struck an embankment at the Habersham County Air port June 8. The sin gle-engine aircraft had two people on board, a student and an instructor. The plane is registered to Max Allen, of Jefferson. Allen said no one was injured in the accident but the plane is likely totaled. The Federal Aviation Administration is investi gating the incident. Tea Party to meet June 28 The Tea Party of North east Georgia will hold its monthly meeting on Tues day, June 28, at 7 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Express at Banks Crossing. All candidates from Mad ison, Jackson and Banks counties who are in a run off have been invited to speak. All voters and con cerned citizens are encour aged to attend and bring your questions. For more information, call 706-654-8292 (call instead of text). Early voting starts July 5 for runoff election Early voting for the July 26 runoff election will get under way in early July. Early voting will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mon days through Fridays, July 5 through July 22, at the Elec tions and Registration Office, located at 226 Candler Street in Homer. There will be on Saturday voting. Races on the ballot will be: • Coroner: Incumbent Bobby Eubanks and Mark Savage. • Probate Court Judge: Keith Gardiner and Helen Hewell. Absentee or mail-in bal lots will be accepted June 11 through July 22. Space below reserved for mailing label Annual folk potter event set Saturday The 16th annual North Georgia Folk Potters Festi val will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, June 18, at the Banks County Recreation Department. Attendees will be able to purchase pieces direct ly from potters and there will also be a few older, collectible pieces available for purchase, leaders state. Potters include: Steve Turpin, Abby Turpin, Banks County Schools Art Department, David Meaders, Wayne Hewell, Dwayne Crocker, Sid Luck, Shelby West, Stanley Ferguson, Mary Ferguson, Jami Fergu son, Kris London, Marvin Bailey, Roger Corn, Rex Hogan, North Cole Pot tery, Kevin Brown, Carolyn Simmons, Allen Gee, Rob Withrow, Walter Aberson, Rodney Leftwich, Kim Leftwich, Ronnie Payne, Brhonda Payne, Mark and Coni Merritt, Joyce Branch, Joel Patton, Mike Ledford of Joes Lake Pot tery, Mike Craven, C. Larry Wilson, Bo Thompson, Mike Williamson, TJ Ste phens, Lynn Turmond, Albert Walton, Lorrie Jane Anderson, Michael Ball and Michel Bayne. For additional informa tion, call event organizer Steve Turpin at 706-677- 1528 or turpinpottery@ windstream.net or visit www.northgafolkpotters- festival.com. The goal of the North Georgia Folk Potters Festi val is to promote the arts in Banks County, help sup port the art department in our local school, and to have the best pottery festi val in the state of Georgia., according to Turpin. The Banks County Rec reation Dept, is located at 607 Thompson Street in Homer. Recreation summer camps In full swing Baylee Turpin swings at an oncoming ball at the Banks County Parks and Recreation Department’s tennis camp last week. The BCPRD hosted tennis and boys’ basketball camps last week and is holding soccer, baton and football camps this week. For more photos, see page 12B. Photo by Cameron Whitlock Maysville to get fee from Verizon BY ANGELA GARY The Maysville City Coun cil got some good news Monday night. Negotiations with Verizon will lead to the town receiving $27,000 for the company to place six antennas on the city’s water tank. The company had offered $18,000 but, after negotiations, agreed to pay $27,000 the first year with a three percent increase each year. The contract is for five years and can be renewed for up to 25 years. The council will decide later whether to place the money in the general fund or another fund. In other business Monday night, the council opened bids for several projects and approved the following: •$20,686 to Billy Cain Ford to purchase a Ford F-150 truck for the water department. •$11,678 to James Short Tractor to purchase a bush hog lawn mower. •$29,800 to Garrett Pav ing to pave Cemetery Street and $12,225 to pave Bacon Street and Park Street. • $2,250 to Davis Signs to install a bronze plaque at the city park. The council tabled approving a bid for striping parking lots in the Maysville City Park. The council will meet with the low bidder to discuss specifics about the project before taking any action. The council also heard from Catherine Daniel of the Maysville Downtown Devel opment Authority about fund-raisers held recently by the organization. A yard sale brought in $247 in revenue. A corn hole give-away will be finished up on Monday with the winner to be select ed at the DDA meeting, to be held at 6:30 p.m. at city hall. The council met in closed session for 15 minutes to dis cuss personnel. No action was taken when the meeting was opened to the public. 4 8 7 9 1 4 1 4 3 o Farmers' market set to open in Gillsville BY SHARON HOGAN The City of Gillsville’s Farmers’ Market is set to open July 9. The market will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second and fourth Sat urdays each month, July through October. The event will be held on the vacant lot next to the Gillsville Post Office. Local farmers are invited to bring their home-grown produce to the farmers’ market to sell at no cost for the space. No other items will be permitted. At the June 7 council meeting, the council approved spending $100 for two banners to pro mote the farmers’ market, as well as placing ads in the local papers. OTHER BUSINESS In other business at the monthly meeting, the council: •voted unanimously to reverse an earlier decision to close Wilson Drive. Sev eral local residents voiced their concerns about the closure. Council mem ber Greg Ferguson made a motion to re-open the street and Wade Dale seconded the motion that passed unanimously. Mayor Larry Poole said he thought it was good that the city tried a temporary closure to see how the res idents felt about this issue. Ferguson said he would move the temporary bar ricades immediately to open the street back up. • approved the first reading of the annexation ordinance annexing two pieces of property on Her bert Segars Road. One piece is owned by Charles (Chuck) Reece and the other is owned by Rodney and Denise Porter. • was advised by Poole that Marie Taubel had resigned as one of the city’s clerks. Poole reported he had asked the city clerk in Clermont to help out with the City of Gillsville’s annexations and financials until a per manent solution can be worked out. •received notice from Mayor Poole that a walk through for the city’s Traf fic Enhancement (TE) grant streetscape project was tentatively planned for June 10. Poole said he was concerned with the finan cial disbursement for the project and also with the placement of a stop sign next to Highway 52 that is causing some confusion for drivers along Hwy. 52. •was advised by Poole that work continues on the new city map. Poole said there were still some parcels in Banks and Hall counties that were not on the city map.

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